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Finding Aid for the Major Thomas H. Hill Collection, 1891, 1896


MS-3051

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Laurel Rozema, May 7, 2007
Finding Aid written by: Laurel Rozema, May 7, 2007
Encoded by: Laurel Rozema, May 7, 2007

Summary Information
Title: Major Thomas H. Hill Collection

Date/Date Range :   1891, 1896

Extent: .1 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains three 1896 letters to and a U. S. Army 1891 leave of absence card for Major Thomas H. Hill. The letters discuss a Sequachee, TN, Sons of Veterans camp, and a petition for the U. S. Pension Agency.

Call number: MS-3051

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection purchased by UT Special Collections Library in February 2007.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Major Thomas H. Hill Collection, MS-3051. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of one folder.


Biography / History

In 1866, the Grand Army of the Republic organized Union Veterans of the United States Civil War. In 1881, it formed the Sons of Veterans of the United States of America (S. V.), open to descendents of the Union Veterans. G. A. R. Posts would also sponsor camps for the Sons of Veterans. The G.A.R. ended in 1956, but the S.V. continues today as the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (S. U. V. C. W.).


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection correspondence and a leave of absence card for Major Thomas H. Hill. The first letter, dated June 25, 1896, from E. R. Carter, Commander for the Alabama and Tennessee Division of the Sons of Veterans, is about the application for the Sons of Veterans Camp Charter at Sequachee, TN. The second, dated August 15, 1896, from E. R. Carter, inquires about the Sequachee camp and the encouragement of the Grand Army of the Republic (G. A. R.) in the Sons of Veterans. The final letter, dated November 24, 1896, from Halbert B. Case, Commander of the Tennessee Department of the Grand Army of the Republic, requests Major Hill's help in acquiring a petition to secure his appointment to the U. A. Pension Agency at Knoxville, TN.

Subject Terms

  • Hill, Major Thomas H.
  • Veterans -- United States.
Contents List
Folder   1     Item   1    
U. S. Army Leave of Absence card for Thomas H. Hill from Woburn, Massachusetts, signed by John F. Lerkin and W. U. Matthews, 1891 February 19
Folder   1     Item   2    
Letter to Thomas H. Hill of Sequachee, TN, by E. R. Carter of Knoxville, TN, 1896 June 25
Folder   1     Item   3    
Letter to Thomas H. Hill of Sequachee, TN, by E. R. Carter of Knoxville, TN, 1896 August 15
Folder   1     Item   4    
Letter to Thomas H. Hill of Sequachee, TN, by Halbert B. Case of Chattanooga, TN, 1896 November 24